Cubs win!

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ProVobis said:
Speaking of goats, I heard Charlie Sheen brought one yesterday because they wouldn’t let Sheen throw out the first pitch.
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Don’t get me started on sheen.

He seems genuinely mad about that first pitch thing. He does realize that there is an age limit on make a wish right?
 
andrewstx said:
I wanted to watch the Cubbies so bad, but it did not happen. God gave us a huge hail storm. The power went out ! 😦
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We had a lot of lightning here while the game was going on. I had to wonder if it signaled the world would end before the historic event. Fortunately the power stayed on, the world did not end, and history was made. Miracles do happen.😃
 
Saints_Alive said:
I’d like to see a Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles World Series !
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I wanted the Dodgers and some other team…another that has a drought of at least 25 years…

Maybe The dodgers and twins will play in the world series some day…twins have not won since 1991 (RIP Kirby Puckett…you were one of my favorites) and the Dodgers were in 1988 (I really wanted the Dodgers to WIN FOR VIN…too bad they couldn’t have gone this year instead)

My Royals would have little chance against Jake Arietta…at least this year’s team that had its share of offense and pitching troubles.

I hope someone ELSE goes next year… Royals and Dodgers would be interesting…Orioles and Pirates sounds interesting, too. Nationals and Rangers would be interesting as well. There are a few teams who have NEVER won a WS…The Rangers are one, the Mariners are another. Have the Padres ever won a world series?
 
Trader said:
Chicago may be a stranger to World Series champions, but they really do know how to throw a parade.😉
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Millions of them, with estimates as high as 5 million. Our grade schools had about 30 percent of kids out today and the high school was at just over 40 percent out. The local news is showing still large crowds by Wrigley who just don’t want the celebration to end.🙂
 
DeniseNY said:
Even though I’m in NE Ohio, I’m not an Indians fan (Pirates fan!). But I had to watch because whatever happened, it would e history making. I’m glad the Cubs pulled it out!
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Near the PA border I would hope. 🙂
 
jediliz said:
I wanted the Dodgers and some other team…another that has a drought of at least 25 years…

Maybe The dodgers and twins will play in the world series some day…twins have not won since 1991 (RIP Kirby Puckett…you were one of my favorites) and the Dodgers were in 1988 (I really wanted the Dodgers to WIN FOR VIN…too bad they couldn’t have gone this year instead)

My Royals would have little chance against Jake Arietta…at least this year’s team that had its share of offense and pitching troubles.

I hope someone ELSE goes next year… Royals and Dodgers would be interesting…Orioles and Pirates sounds interesting, too. Nationals and Rangers would be interesting as well. There are a few teams who have NEVER won a WS…The Rangers are one, the Mariners are another. Have the Padres ever won a world series?
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The Padres have been to 2 WS but lost both. They were only founded in 1969. The Rangers have only been in TX since 1972 and the franchise dates back to the Washington Senators expansion team founded in 1961 after the original Senators became the Twins. The Seattle Mariners joined the league in 1977, several years after the Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers.

So there’s a reason these teams have never won a WS yet do not hold the longest drought. They simply haven’t been around as long as teams such as the Indians, the new drought crown holder. 🙂
 
zaffiroborant said:
Millions of them, with estimates as high as 5 million. Our grade schools had about 30 percent of kids out today and the high school was at just over 40 percent out. The local news is showing still large crowds by Wrigley who just don’t want the celebration to end.🙂
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I’ve been waiting since game 1 to be shanghaied by rabid Cubs fans, dragged to either one of the games or parade (against my will I’m sure…) and ‘forced’ to participate. At least, that’s how my excuse for work would’ve sounded. I’m also a quite sure I would’ve been “blindfolded the entire time” so I had zero chance to identify any of them. Alas no such luck, and I was stuck watching everything on tv.
 
tvknight415 said:
I’ve been waiting since game 1 to be shanghaied by rabid Cubs fans, dragged to either one of the games or parade (against my will I’m sure…) and ‘forced’ to participate. At least, that’s how my excuse for work would’ve sounded. I’m also a quite sure I would’ve been “blindfolded the entire time” so I had zero chance to identify any of them. Alas no such luck, and I was stuck watching everything on tv.
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For those who don’t know Chicago, the Cubs are predominately north side although I remember in the 50’s and 60’s my classrooms were predominately White Sox fans. And I’d hear it all the time when the Cubs lost as little as an exhibition game against the WS.

I wonder if cities like SF-Oak, LA, and NY have such hostilities between baseball teams.
 
ProVobis said:
For those who don’t know Chicago, the Cubs are predominately north side although I remember in the 50’s and 60’s my classrooms were predominately White Sox fans. And I’d hear it all the time when the Cubs lost as little as an exhibition game against the WS.

I wonder if cities like SF-Oak, LA, and NY have such hostilities between baseball teams.
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I grew up on the south side, but never knew about the animosity until I got to college. My dad is a big sports fan of most any sport, but he always rooted for all the Chicago teams—including Sox and Cubs. I didn’t realize that wasn’t the norm. 🤷
 
Joe_5859 said:
I grew up on the south side, but never knew about the animosity until I got to college. My dad is a big sports fan of most any sport, but he always rooted for all the Chicago teams—including Sox and Cubs. I didn’t realize that wasn’t the norm. 🤷
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Could it be either your dad is an abnormality or else the south side just has less animosity. 🙂
 
Sy_Noe said:
Could it be either your dad is an abnormality or else the south side just has less animosity. 🙂
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It’s probably my Dad. He also bears no particular animosity towards the Packers even though he is a Bears fan. 😛
 
ProVobis said:
For those who don’t know Chicago, the Cubs are predominately north side although I remember in the 50’s and 60’s my classrooms were predominately White Sox fans. And I’d hear it all the time when the Cubs lost as little as an exhibition game against the WS.

I wonder if cities like SF-Oak, LA, and NY have such hostilities between baseball teams.
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There’s a crosstown rivalry in New York, although the Yankees fans would say it’s a lop-sided one.
 
jediliz said:
Yankees have 27 WS championships. Mets have…2?
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That’s why I said while they have a rivalry the Yankees don’t consider it to be one on equal terms. They also have a divisional rivalry with the Boston Red Sox but they have only won two Championships in recent years.
 
ProVobis said:
For those who don’t know Chicago, the Cubs are predominately north side although I remember in the 50’s and 60’s my classrooms were predominately White Sox fans. And I’d hear it all the time when the Cubs lost as little as an exhibition game against the WS.

I wonder if cities like SF-Oak, LA, and NY have such hostilities between baseball teams.
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The Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers are like that. San Francisco fans drink their coffee with one pinkie held out, whereas A’s fans do not use forks.

With baseball, though, my sense is that people rooted for the team that did not stink.
 
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